Maybe I should be doing my homework, because I have a lot. But if I did my homework, you wouldn't be able to read this chapter.

Chapter 5

Joey froze at the sound of her words. A great worry began to pass him. Mai was in

Trouble he could feel it.

"She didn't say anything else did she!" Joey asked his sister with great concern.

"No, Joey, but I'm sure she's fine," Serenity told her brother with reassurance.

"What if she's not? What if she's in trouble! We don't know!" Joey said more worried than before.

"Joey it's ok, we'll figure this out," Serenity didn't want her brother to worry, but she was just as scared as he was. "Joey, the sooner we get to Tokyo, the sooner we can help Tea look for Mai."

Joey was too upset to talk that much after the news and for the first time Serenity felt tension between them.

As she drove along the road to a near by restaurant she found she couldn't stand the silence between them so she turned on the radio.

Joey, who was sitting on the passenger side, kept hoping and praying that Mai was ok.

Mai was still sitting in that God forsaken cell as the hours went by. Then, a new anxiety seized her; they were probably going to rape her or torture her at the least. She couldn't take that risk. She had to get out of there.

Suddenly Mai noticed a window with bars over it, high above her head.

If she could get to it, she could see if she was close to her apartment or not. She had no ideas how to get that high up though.

She then heard those mysterious footsteps come her way again. The ones that had frightened her the first time she heard them, the same ones who belonged to that evil man. Once again he stopped at her cell with his cigarette in hand.

"What do want with me?" Mai growled.

"I have to make sure you're behaving yourself," the man said casually.

"Why don't you just tell me why you're keeping me here since you're going to kill me anyway?" Mai asked through gritted teeth.

"Why, you don't have any manners at all. Fine then I will tell you what's going on," the man replied.

"My name is Hunter, and my team and I have been stealing people's money and valuables for about a year now, but we've caught on. Unlike some stupid criminals, we don't let our victims go. We keep them or kill them or for our own entertainment sometimes we torture them to their death.

"You're really messed up," Mai said quietly

"Yes, we like to think so," Hunter sneered.

Mai was trapped. There was nothing that she could do. She was cold and hungry. She hadn't eaten since last night.

"You do realize that if you intend on keeping me here for torture you have to feed me."

"Fine, you'll get your food but you haven't earned it yet," said Hunter as he pulled out a knife.

Mai then realized she was going to die here. She was in over her head and there was no one to help her.

Joey and Serenity ate their breakfast rather solemnly and quietly and then they left for the airport.

When they were in the building Serenity decided that she couldn't take the silence any longer.

"Joey, it's all right! We don't even know if she's in any trouble at all," Serenity said becoming tired of Joey's silent state.

"Serenity, I know we have no idea what Mai got herself into, and I know she can take care of herself, but Mai is important to me and she can't be in any danger so I can't take the risk that she is.

Serenity couldn't argue with that. She knew Joey was too worried to think about anything else.

"It's all right Joey. I didn't mean to trouble you, I just wanted you to be my brother again and talk to me," Serenity said upset now that she had accused her brother of concern for a loved one.

I like this chapter. I feel that I had to emphasize the importance of the situation at hand by having it spread to the relationship of Joey and Serenity who are inseparable siblings.

There, I used BIG WORDS I'm so happy! And I'm proud! I am so damn proud of it!

Please review! I feel unloved without your support or words of wisdom. Am I unloved?

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